Coat-stand.



E. K.' NIELSEN,

COAT STAND. APPLICATION FILED APR.21, 1910.

Patented Feb. 7', 1911.

ELIN K. NIELSEN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

COAT-STAND.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 7, 1911.

Application iled April 21, 1910. Serial No. 556,796.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELIN K. NrnLsnN, a subject of the King of Denmark, and a resident of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and u seful Improvements in Coat-Stands, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in coat stands.

One object of the invention is to provide a coat stand adapted to be taken apart for transportation purposes.

Another object is to provide means for protecting the articles displayed or hung on the stand.

rituother object is to provide means for various adjustments when the stand is used for displaying' goods in a store.

With these and other objects in View the invention comprises a coat stand and accessories thereto as set forth in the follow ing specification while the invention is illus trated in the accompanying drawing in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a coat stand embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a detail view of the means for taking the stand apart. Fig. 3 shows the stand taken apart, and Fig. 4 is a vie-w somewhat diagrammatic showing how the stand may be used.

In the drawing the reference numeral 5 denotes a base provided with casters 6 and if desired a weight 7. On the top of the base there is a boss 8 threaded on the inside for the reception of one of the upright sections 9 which is screwed into the said boss. As shown the upright consists of several sections 9, 9 and a section 10 ot' less length than the section 9. Each section is provided at the one end with a socket 11 and at the other end with a stud 12 adapted to be screwed into the socket of the adjacent section as shown in Fig. 2 or into the internally threaded boss 8 in the base 5. Thus the stand may be made up in various heights and this vertical adjustment is enhanced by having one or more sections of vario-us lengths.

Display or supporting hook members 13 are provided. Each hook member comprises a collar 14 carrying one or more hooks 15 and adapted to be clamped to the upright by wing bolts 1G so that the hooks may be set at various heights.

A shield or curtain support 17 is provided and preferably made of a strong wire formed into an oval loop which is suspended from arms 1S fast in a collar 19 which may be set on the upright and clamped by a bolt 16. Curtain rings 20 slide on the wire loop 17. On the top of the upright there may be fastened an ornamental knob if desired, or a hat support 21 may be screwed fast at the end of the uppermost section 10.

F 4 suggests one way of using the stand. In this figure 22 represents a curtain suspended from the rings 2O for the protection of the garment hung on the stand. 3 is a hat resting on the hat support Q1 and 24 represents garments such as ladies waists hung on the hooks 15.

From the above it will be clear that the stand may be used in a home or in business. That the garments are protected against dust by the curtain which latter can readily be. drawn aside to display or get at the garments. Also the hat support furnishes a convenient rest for a hat. The stand may also be used to display millinery only, as it may readily be made up into various heights to suit a show window display. As shown in Fig. 4 the hook members 13 may be set close together to increase the capacity of the stand. By using only double hook members the capacity is doubled. The weight prevents the stand from upsetting and the same may easily be moved over the floor.

Fig. 3 shows the stand taken apart when it takes up but little space and may readily be transported in a suit case.

It is thought that the above fully describes the invention and the advantages to be derived from its use, and as the construction may be varied within the description here set forth claim all such changes as come within the legitimate and intended scope of the claim.

I claim A knock down garment stand comprising a rectangular base, an upright detachably connected thereto and comprising a, plurality of sections of various length, means integral with said sections for int-erconnecting and interchanging the said sections, said base being provided with a socket for receiving the one end of any of said secpurpose of transportation When the stand is tions, hooks, means for securing the same taken apart. 10 at any point on the said upright, a Signed at New York, N. Y. this 1G day curtain loop, means for securing the same of April 1910.

at any point on Said upright, the length ELIN K. NIELSEN. of said loop and of the longest of the Witnesses: said upright sections being Substantially IVAN KONIGSBERG,

equal to the length of the said base for the Y PAULNE PAULSEN. 

